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Yoruba vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Gracias   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
e kaaro   

Please
Por Favor   
Jowo   

Sorry
triste   
binu   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
yoruba   

German Name
Spanisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
2   
2
49   
36

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
yor   

ISO 639 3
spa   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Spanish and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Yoruba language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Yoruba Language History.

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Spanish and Yoruba Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Yoruba language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Spanish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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